Dia VS Monodraw

Dia Reviews

Monodraw Reviews

Dia mentions (11)

• Tools for documenting solar and power system changes for permits

  I used GIMP (https://www.gimp.org) and Dia Diagram Editor (http://dia-installer.de) I can't say I was very happy with either for what I was doing (laying out mount points for solar panels) FreeCAD (https://www.freecad.org) looks like a good option as does Inkscape but I believe it has a high learning curve. I am also playing around with Open Solar's online tool (https://app.opensolar.com). Source: 11 months ago

• Program to write measures, and the shape is drawn with proper size

  Perhaps the old Dia (works on W10). There's a portable version on Portableapps.com. Source: 12 months ago

• Your choices for a MS Visio alternative to draw system diagrams

  Its a bit old and pretty simple, but I use Dia frequently. Source: about 1 year ago

• Did not realize there was another physics sub.

  Dia Diagram Editor for simple schematics and flowchart type diagrams for something very quick and easy to pick up in five minutes, and. Source: about 1 year ago

• Things to do next and how to secure my network.

  Project 1: Use the open source UML diagrammer, DIA (link) to make a readable network map :). Source: over 1 year ago

Monodraw mentions (23)

• Architecture diagrams enable better conversations

  And then you can perform further edits using something like https://asciiflow.com/ (web, free) or https://ivanceras.github.io/bob-editor/ (web, free) or https://monodraw.helftone.com/ (Mac only, proprietary) as mentioned in other comments from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37040883. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• Typograms: A definition and renderer for ASCII diagrams

  Typograms could be great with the monodraw app on macOS. I'm a very happy customer of monodraw-- not affiliated in any way. https://monodraw.helftone.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• Marp: Markdown Presentation Ecosystem

  Admittedly, creating that asciiart by hand is obnoxious, but tools like monodrow https://monodraw.helftone.com/ make it easy. However, then we're right back at the question of why bother using markdown if you're making complicated graphics in another tool anyway. I love Monodraw and use it for many things (it can create svg and png and other formats not just ascii) but yeah, it doesn't seem like a great solution... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Architecture diagrams should be code

  I’ve been using MonoDraw https://monodraw.helftone.com/ for this exact sort of stuff for years, was one of the main reasons I bought the program actually. A good diagram in a block comment right above or below done complicated code is a ready powerful way to make sure you’re going to be able to maintain that code in the future. I find flowchart style diagrams for finite state machines and UML(ish) sequence... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Monodraw – a non-subscription, powerful ASCII art editor

  The given URL is about what's new in 1.6 and mostly boils down to: * "app icon, document icon and welcome window", * "ability to simultaneously edit multiple shapes of the same type", * "minimum OS requirement has been raised to macOS 11 Big Sur". For an overview of the software, see this URL: https://monodraw.helftone.com/. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago